Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to Preeti Surekha, a director of AMRI Hospital, where more than 90 patients died of suffocation in a fire mishap last year. A division bench headed by Justice Ashim Roy granted the bail prayer of Surekha, who was one of the three directors who could not be arrested after the fire at AMRI Hospital. All the directors of the hospital...
06:59 PM, May 18, 2012
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has granted bail to SK Todi, one of the directors of AMRI hospital. Over 90 people were killed in a massive fire that broke out at the hospital in December 2011. The court on Thursday observed that Todi was not involved in day-to-day functions of the hospital. Twelve people have been granted bail in the case so far. ...
12:10 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Kolkata: After spending 111 days in custody, two directors of the fire-ravaged AMRI Hospital were on Wednesday granted bail by the Calcutta High Court, which observed that day-to-day affairs of the hospital were not run by them. A division bench comprising justices Ashim Kumar Roy and Asim Kumar Ray granted the bail prayers of RS Goenka and Prashant Goenka, directors of AMRI where a fire in December last year claimed...
06:31 PM, Mar 28, 2012
The Cabinet approves tougher punishment for traffic offences that includes a jail term of two years for rash and drunk driving. ...
10:51 PM, Mar 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Calcutta High Court is expected to give its verdict on the bail plea of 5 directors of the AMRI hospital on Friday. A total of 9 directors and four employees were arrested in connection with the fire that claimed over 90 lives. Up until now, only one of them - Dr Moni Chetri, in whose name the hospital's licence was given - has been granted bail, on...
09:19 AM, Feb 17, 2012
Kolkata: Two AMRI board members Mani Chhetri and Pranab Dasgupta will be produced in court on Thursday over the AMRI fire tragedy. Dr Mani Chhetri, the MD of the company and Dr Pranab Dasgupta, a member of the AMRI Board, were arrested last week. Prosecutors are hoping to get vital information on incriminating documents required for the investigation of the case. Nine directors and four senior officials have been arrested...
08:26 AM, Feb 02, 2012
Kolkata: Two more AMRI directors were held in hospital fire case on Friday. Kolkata police arrested Dr Moni Chhetri, the MD of the company and Dr Pranab Dasgupta, a member of the AMRI Board. Nine directors and four senior officials have been arrested so far in the case. The fire at the Kolkata-based hospital killed 93 people till January 19. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced compensation of...
10:31 AM, Jan 27, 2012
Kolkata: A city court on Friday rejected the bail prayer of RS Agarwal, one of the directors of AMRI Hospital, where a devastating fire in December claimed 93 lives. The district judge of Alipore court rejected the bail prayer of Agarwal, who has been in hospital on grounds of ill health since the fire at the hospital on December 9. The director, who was in a private hospital earlier, was...
08:11 PM, Jan 13, 2012
New Delhi: The judicial custody of the 6 directors of Kolkata's AMRI hospital will end on Thursday. The directors were arrested after a massive fire in the hospital's basement led to the death of 93 people, mostly patients. The Kolkata police on Tuesday announced compensation for families of the 29 of those dead. The rest would be given compensation after due verification of documents, it said. Meanwhile, industry body FICCI...
08:10 AM, Jan 05, 2012
New Delhi: Families of victims who lost their lives in the tragic AMRI hospital fire incident in Kolkata have decided to form an association. 22 families have come together to form the Human Health Rights Forum and they will move to High Court to demand justice for the victims. The West Bengal government on Tuesday released its first batch of compensation, with 29 families being distributed cheques. The association is...
06:23 AM, Jan 04, 2012
Kolkata: Three weeks after the directors of Kolkata's AMRI hospital were taken into custody after a fire in the hospital's basement claimed 90 lives, industry body FICCI has slammed the arrests as 'anti-industry', and not 'completely non-discriminatory'. "Those not responsible for day-to-day operations of any business should be released immediately. This is only fair and will also prevent the spread of any negative sentiments within the domestic investor community," FICCI...
07:37 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Kolkata: Speaking to news reporters on Tuesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lashed out at FICCI saying the state did not want an industry that killed people. "A chamber has said that the directors of AMRI should be released. I want to tell them that we want industry here, but we do not want industry that will kill people. "A murderer's identity is that of a murderer, a terrorist...
03:08 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Kolkata: Paromita Guha Thakurta, the daughter of one of those who died in the AMRI fire tragedy has asked for strict punishment to the hospital staff saying they were highly irresponsibly in carrying out their duties. ...
01:53 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Kolkata: Three weeks after the directors of Kolkata's AMRI Hospital were taken into custody after a fire in the hospitals basement claimed 89 lives, industry body FICCI has slammed the arrest of 7 hospital directors as anti-industry, and not 'completely non-discriminatory'. In a strongly worded statement, FICCI demanded the immediate release of those who were not responsible in the day-to-day operations of the business. It said it would prevent the...
10:12 AM, Jan 03, 2012
Kolkata: Families of 29 dead in the AMRI hospital fire on Monday received Rs 3 lakh each as compensation from the Kolkata police, a top police official said. Families of the other dead in the December 9 fire disaster would receive an identical amount as compensation in phases after verification of documents, city police commissioner RK Pachnanda said. Many of those receiving the cheques from the police commissioner at the...
09:52 AM, Jan 03, 2012
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